1-4, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II* listed building in the Newcastle upon Tyne local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1954. House, office, shop. 20 related planning applications.

1-4, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
old-floor-sunrise
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Newcastle upon Tyne
Constituency
Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 June 1954
Type
House, office, shop
Address
1-4, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information), 6 and 7, NE1 7JG
OS grid reference
NZ 247 644
Coordinates
54.97439, -1.61431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 1-4 Eldon Square, along with Nos. 6 and 7, are a group of houses built between 1825 and 1831 by architects Thomas Oliver and John Dobson for Richard Grainger. These buildings are now used as offices and shops. Constructed from sandstone ashlar with a Welsh slate roof, they feature a basement, three storeys, and some later attics, totaling 33 bays. The design includes slightly-projecting 5-bay end pavilions marked by giant pilasters, with the houses varying from three to five bays in width.

The entrances have 8-panelled doors with overlights, and No. 4 has glazing bars. The windows are mostly sash style, with plain reveals and glazing bars, and there are aprons beneath the ground floor windows. The first floor has a sill string in the outer bays, while the second floor features an entablature and cornice, with a simpler cornice at the top. A later mansard roof is present on No. 6, which has five dormers, while No. 1 has two inserted pedimented dormers. Ashlar ridge chimneys are also part of the design. The right return of the building maintains a similar style, with 20th-century shops inserted at the ground floor and a giant corner pilaster, while the upper floors have sash windows with glazing bars.

Local climate

1-4, ELDON SQUARE (See details for further address information) receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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